DW Bursch - 25.07.1957

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64 lata skończy były astronata NASA Daniel Wheeler Bursch.
Odbył cztery loty wahadłowcami Discovery w 1993 (STS-51 Di/F-17) i trzy Endeavour w 1994 (STS-68 En/F-7); w 1996 (STS-77 En/F-11) oraz w 2001|2002 (STS-108 En/F-17)|(STS-111 En/F-18). Wziął udział jako inżynier pokładowy nr 2 w 4 załodze stałej ISS. Spędził na niej 189 dni 18 godzin i 28 minut w dniach (07.12.2001-15.06.2002).
W czasie czterech lotów w kosmosie spędził 226 dni 22 godziny 14 minut i 46 sekund. W czasie pobytu na ISS odbył też dwa spacery kosmiczne o łącznym czasie 11 godzin 46 minut i 23 sekundy.

https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Bursch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_W._Bursch

http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/bursch_daniel.htm

https://astronaut.ru/as_usa/text/bursch.htm

http://www.april12.eu/usaastron/bursch299ru.html

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Daniel Wheeler Bursch został wyselekcjonowany w ramach NASA grupa 13 (1990).

Jest 299. człowiekiem w kosmosie.

Odbył 4 loty kosmiczne, które trwały łącznie 226d 22h 14m 46s:
12.09.1993-22.09.1993 STS-51 Discovery/F-17 009:20:11:06
30.09.1994-11.10.1994 STS-68 Endeavour/F-7 011:05:46:08
19.05.1996-29.05.1996 STS-77 Endeavour/F-11 010:00:39:19
05.12.2001-19.06.2002 STS-108 Endeavour/F-17 ISS-UF-1 / STS-111 Endeavour/F-18 ISS-UF2 195:19:38:13

Wykonał 2 spacery kosmiczne, które trwały w sumie 11h 46m 23s.

1979 ukończył Akademię Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych, uzyskując tytuł licencjata w dziedzinie fizyki.

04.1980 po odbyciu szkolenia w Pensacola na Florydzie został lotnikiem marynarki wojennej.

01.1981 został przydzielony do 34 Dywizjonu Atakującego i służył na pokładzie lotniskowca John F. Kennedy na Morzu Śródziemnym oraz lotniskowca America na północnym Atlantyku i Pacyfiku, latając na samolocie szturmowym A-6E Intruder.

1984 ukończył Szkołę Pilotów Testowych Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych w Patuxent River w stanie Maryland i pozostał tam jako pilot-instruktor.

04.1987 został mianowany dowódcą 1. Grupy Patrolowo-Krążownikowej (Grupa Krążowników-Niszczycieli 1) na Oceanie Indyjskim na lotniskowcach Long Beach i lotniskowcu Midway.
 
Uzyskał stopień kapitana Marynarki Wojennej Stanów Zjednoczonych.
 
1987 w 12. naborze astronautów NASA znalazł się wśród 117 finalistów
06.04.1987 (w ramach V grupy kandydatów) przeszedł badania lekarskie i rozmowę kwalifikacyjną w Johnson Center, lecz nie został wybrany.

1991 ukończył Podyplomowe Studium Marynarki Wojennej w Monterey i uzyskał tytuł magistra inżyniera mechanika.
 
1991 po ukończeniu szkolenia astronautycznego pracował w Astronaut Appearances był szefem Departamentu Astronaut Appearances i był operatorem łączności załogi (CAPCOM) w Centrum Kontroli Misji.
 
17.11.1997 został przydzielony do załogi rezerwowej ISS-2 i załogi głównej ISS-4 wraz z Jurijem Onufrijenko i K. Walzem.

11.1997-10.2001 odbył szkolenie załogi w ramach programów ISS-2 i ISS-4.
29.01.2001 wszedł w skład załogi ISS-4 i został przydzielony do załogi misji STS-108.

01.2003 został przeniesiony na stanowisko menadżera astronautów.

Do początku 2005  pracował w Podyplomowej Szkole Marynarki Wojennej jako instruktor w Grupie Akademickiej Systemów Kosmicznych.

Łączny jego nalot wynosi ponad 2900 godzin na ponad 35 typach samolotów, wykonał ponad 200 lądowań na lotniskowcach.

06.2005 po odejściu z NASA rozpoczął pracę w The Aerospace Corporation.

https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/bursch-1.pdf

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https://levittownnow.com/2018/08/19/former-astronaut-visiting-bristol/
https://asteroidday.org/people/daniel-bursch/
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https://www.upi.com/topic/Dan_Bursch/

https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Keywords/People/Dan_Bursch/(result_type)/videos

2022 https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1551449668856471553

25 juillet
Joyeux anniversaire (67) à Dan W. Bursch🎂🎂🎂
(4 missions spatiales : STS-51 / 68 / 77 / Expedition 4 soit 226 jours 22 heures 14 minutes dans l'espace et 2 EVA pour un total de 11h46 dans le vide spatial)

https://x.com/spacemen1969/status/1816232641290522859

#ASEspotlight: Daniel Bursch 💫
In May 1996, STS-77 Mission Specialist Bursch exuberantly worked out on the bicycle ergometer aboard the middeck of Space Shuttle Endeavour.
Fun fact: He enjoys woodworking and working on cars!
Happy 65th birthday, Dan! 🎉

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1551605763650748416

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Stephane SEBILE @spacemen1969
25 juillet

Joyeux anniversaire (68) à Dan W. Bursch 🎂🎂🎂
(4 missions spatiales : STS-51 / 68 / 77 / Expedition 4 soit 226 jours 22 heures 14 minutes dans l'espace et 2 EVA pour un total de 11h46 dans le vide spatial)

https://twitter.com/spacemen1969/status/1948504213350187361

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DOWN TO EARTH

Astronaut Daniel Bursch's lightship baskets in orbit.
story by Antonia DePace photography by Kit Noble Apr 24, 2024

It was 1969 when 11-year-old Daniel Bursch saw a glimpse of his future. He was at summer camp, propped up against the radio, listening as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon. “That was the first time I thought, ‘Oh, that might be something I could do … to become an astronaut,’” he says. “That started the spark.” Fast forward 55 years and Bursch is now a retired NASA astronaut and U.S. Navy captain living between California and his family cottage in Tom Nevers on Nantucket. During his NASA career, which began in 1990 after first serving in the Navy, he launched into space four times—one of which included six and a half months on the International Space Station (ISS). “On my first flight I remember being up there and just having to pinch myself as we flew over the Earth at five miles a second,” he says.



Bursch continues, “When I first looked out the window, we were still climbing. The engines had cut off, and we were at about 80 miles coasting up, eventually to orbit around 200 miles above the Earth. Looking out the window, it reminded me of the old Star Trek movies as the starship Enterprise entered orbit around a planet. I could easily see the curvature of the Earth out the front windows of the space shuttle.”



During his ISS training, which started in 1997, Bursch was told that he could bring a hobby with him. “They kept us fairly busy on the space station, but it was a unique experience. I think a lot of people felt isolated during COVID-19, and it was very similar in some ways that there were only three of us on the space station most of the time,” he explains. “So you needed something to relax and do—something totally different than your current work.”

For the Northeast native who grew up summering on Nantucket at his grandmother’s house in Sconset, it was basket weaving that kept him going while on his missions. “It became very helpful and soothing when I was up there,” he says. But how does a naval officer turned astronaut learn basket weaving? It was a love story, of sorts, to his mother, who had never owned a lightship basket despite her many years of coming to Nantucket. So, in the early 1990s, Bursch decided to give it a try. From there, the rest is history.

Logistically, bringing the basket weaving materials to his missions was easy, except for the box cutter knife, which Bursch had to convince NASA to let him bring due to his experience in the craft.

Then it was figuring out how to weave in weightlessness, which required him to wet the weavers with drops of water on his fingers while using a straw with a clamp to keep the rest of the water still. “Your body is learning how to adapt to weightlessness,” he explains of his time in space. “And it takes a while to get used to moving around when you’re weightless. That, itself, is physically challenging.”

He certainly got the hang of it—during his 196 days aboard the ISS (December 2001 to June 2002) as the flight engineer for Expedition 4, he wove approximately 36 baskets—12 sets of miniature nests of three. Since he has retired, one of those nests has been on display at the Nantucket Lightship Basket Museum as well as the Nantucket Memorial Airport. They are currently on display at the Hadwen House.

While Bursch is no longer spending time in space, his fascination with outer space continues. Last year, he was a part of the Science Speaker Series at the Maria Mitchell Association. Since then, he has continued to assist at the Open Night and Look Up! programs at the Loines Observatory. In addition, Bursch published a children’s nighttime book, Up to the Moon, with his wife, Sharon Yencharis. They plan on publishing three others in a series that will cover other adventures. He says, “I’m a big fan of education, and whether it’s future astronomers or future scientists or future explorers, I want to help them to pursue whatever they want.”


https://www.n-magazine.com/daniel-bursch

https://www.sierrasun.com/opinion/spaced-out-truckee-mans-son-in-law-on-international-space-station/
http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-011504a.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2002/TECH/space/02/07/alpha.interview/?related

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Association of Space Explorers @ASE_Astronauts

#HappyBirthday to ASE member Daniel Bursch, who flew to space four times between 1993 and 2002 (STS-51, STS-68, STS-77, and STS-108), including as part of an expedition aboard the @Space_Station
 (Expedition 4)!

https://twitter.com/ASE_Astronauts/status/1948873489437364512